Wealth

Investors Favored Over Wage Earners (Op-ed)

OVER THE LAST DECADE, nobody has gotten more love from Washington than investors. It's time to stop and ask if the love is misplaced. March 31, 2008

2008 Estate Tax Lobby Day Success

There was electric excitement in Washington, DC, during the UFE co-sponsored Estate Tax Lobby Day, where participants inspired each other and advocated for their belief in a strong estate tax.
March 30, 2008

Take the Tax Fairness Pledge

Behind the scenes, the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy continue to drain our nation's capacity. Find out what your share is and redirect your savings to tax fairness efforts with the Tax Fairness Pledge. March 19, 2008

2007 EZ Tax Cut Table

Source: Tax Policy Center Table T06-0274, Nov. 13, 2006. (Does not include the effect of capital gains tax cuts enacted in 1997.)
*Includes wages and salaries, investment income, and government benefits on a pretax basis.

These are estimates of the personal share of the Bush tax cuts for the 2007 tax year.

March 17, 2008

Tales From the Wealth Gap

Check out the range of real stories of the impact of economic inequality submitted to our website. February 27, 2008

The Growing Divide and Its Impact on Health

Start: 01/24/2008 - 16:00

This is a UFE presentation, led by Jeannette Huezo, in an undergraduate class at Pine Manor College. Closed to the general public.

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Learn About Our Growing Divide Workshop

January 18, 2008

Challenging our Faith in Wealth

A Tale from the Wealth Gap, by Cecile Andrews, author of Slow is Beautiful: New Visions of Community, Leisure, and Joie de Vivre and The Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good Life.

How do we rouse people to get involved in movements for change? We're facing a growing gap between the rich and the poor, destruction of the planet through global warming, an endless war... Yet we go on with business as usual.

January 18, 2008

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